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The Docuseek Essential Collection

The Docuseek2 Essential Collection includes the most recent and most popular titles made available for streaming on Docuseek2 from our distributors. It is capped at 800 titles. The collection is updated at the beginning of each year to make room for new titles as they are added to Docuseek. For the most comprehensive set of films, see The Docuseek2 Complete Collection.

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The Docuseek Essential Collection includes the following titles:

The Last Bolshevik - imageThe Last Bolshevik

Chris Marker's tribute to Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin.

Icarus Films | 1998 | 116 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Last Pullman Car - imageThe Last Pullman Car

In 1981, Pullman workers found themselves in the midst of a fight not only for their jobs but the future of the American rail car industry.

Kartemquin Films | 1983 | 56 minutes
The Legacy of Malthus - imageThe Legacy of Malthus

Argues that overpopulation is not the real cause of poverty in India or elsewhere.

Bullfrog Films | 1994 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter - imageThe Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

The stor of Rosie the Riveter — the symbol of working women during World War II.

Clarity Films | 1980 | 65 minutes
The Life and Times of Sara Baartman - imageThe Life and Times of Sara Baartman

The strange and sad case of Sara Baartman, kidnapped from South Africa in 1810, 'exhibited' around Great Britain, and then treated as a scientific curiosity.

Icarus Films | 1998 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Lion Hunters - imageThe Lion Hunters

Jean Rouch's self-reflexive depiction of lion hunting among the Songhay people of Niger, and the social structure that underlies it.

Icarus Films | 1965 | 77 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
The Long Night - imageThe Long Night

Set in Seattle, The Long Night gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. The film weaves together the stories of seven people whose lives have been forever changed by this issue.

MediaStorm | 2014 | 70 minutes | 10-12, college, adults
The Long Walk To Freedom - imageThe Long Walk To Freedom

A story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement.

Bullfrog Films | 2004 | 29 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adult
The Loving Story - imageThe Loving Story

Oscar-shortlist selection, this is the definitive account of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 77 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
The Mad Masters - imageThe Mad Masters

Jean Rouch depicts a Hauka possession ceremony that doubles as a theatrical protest against The Gold Coast's colonial rulers.

Icarus Films | 1955 | 28 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

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